Located in Warren County, just south of Ticonderoga on Lake George, Hague has been a popular  resort community since the late 1800’s.  Although in winter the year-round population drops to about 750, in the summer there are many seasonal residents and the population swells to about 2500.  In addition, there are many tourists and vacationers who come in the summer - and also on weekends throughout the year. There are two main roads in Hague -  Route 9N (or Lakeshore Drive) which runs along the western side of Lake George and  Route 8 (locally called Graphite Mountain Road).  These roads intersect in the middle

of the hamlet of Hague at a triangle where Route 8 ends near the Hague Town Beach and Park.  The hamlet area is where our business section is located - a general store, antique and gift shops, a real estate office, lodging and dining options,  3 churches and a community center with Town Offices.  There are also several other tourist accommodations along Route 9N.

Many activities available here are of a sporting nature - swimming, water-skiing, sailing, golf, lake and brook fishing, hunting, hiking, snowmobiling, cross country skiing, downhill skiing (45 minutes away at Gore Mt.), ice-skating and ice-fishing.  There are various celebrations sponsored by the Town and the Hague Chamber of Commerce - a Winter Carnival, Memorial Day with a parade, Fourth of July with fireworks, an Arts Fair in August and “Holiday in Hague” in early December. The Hague Historical Society holds a variety of programs and manages the Hague Historical Museum located in the Community Center. In addition to the above activities, we also have a Senior

Citizens Club, a Rotary Club, a Fish & Game Club, a Snowmobile Club and several small groups who meet to attend movies, play bridge or do crafts such as knitting and quilting.  The Hague Volunteer Fire Department sponsors a barbecued chicken dinner, a steak roast and a spaghetti dinner.  The beauty of the Town, its quietness and the number of activities have drawn many people to retire here in homes that used to be just their summer homes.  We also have a volunteer news journal, called The Hague Chronicle, which has been published every month since 1972.  It contains lists of events in the town and region, reports on any town meetings, reports activities of organizations and currently has special features of nature and weather news.

At first, our town was part of Bolton, in Washington County.  In 1807, the people of the northeastern sector formed their own governing body calling their town “Rochester”.  One year later, the name was changed to “Hague” by the NY State legislature.  The legislature assigned new names to several towns in the state due to the duplication of town names at that time.  Why “Hague” was specifically chosen for our town we do not know.  What we do know is that most of the towns that were assigned new names were given names from major cities in Europe.  Some speculate that it was to spark interest in getting tourists from Europe to visit.  In March 1813, Hague and other towns in the northern part of Washington County were set off to form a new county known as Warren, in honor of Revolutionary War General Joseph Warren.